Later on, just before 11:30 a.m., the President delivered remarks about the crash to press in the White House briefing room.

Vice President JD Vance talks about the fatal plane crash near Washington D.C. in a press conference on Jan. 30.

There was no immediate word on casualties or the cause of the collision, but all takeoffs and landings from were halted as helicopters from law-enforcement agencies across the region flew ...